Mother Hubbard's Blues chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Baby's got
a do rag on her head
An old banjo's under the bed
B 
 (B major) She hates the damn thing
Em 
But she sure enough loves them  (E minor) blues

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Verse 2

She says yelling at a flower

don't make it bloom

It's sunlight and water and elbow room

But even a rose has got to

pay some dues

Now the

Verse 3

Cross Canadian Ragweed band

Call her Mother Hubbard you understand

The reason is that's what and who she is

Verse 4
E 
Em 
 (E major) This  (E minor) mother knows the value of vapor rub
B 
Em 
 (B major) A be (E minor) lief in God and overdubs
B 
Em 
And that  (B major) good tone is  (E minor) more import
B 
Em 
 (B major) ant than the  (E minor) show or the biz
Show business is a heartbreaking thing
B 
Em 
But if you got  (B major) good tone you  (E minor) can get
through the gig
B 
Em 
G 
 (B major)  (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) 
G 
Em 
Soul Gravy and  (G major) literature is  (E minor) some
B 
of what she prefer (B major) s
Em 
Her old Lucky jeans and analog  (E minor) 
She comes to bed in a negligee
B 
Em 
Just to discuss Cinema  (B major)  (E minor) Verite'

Verse 6
B 
She's the only woman I  (B major) know
Em 
that likes Reservoir  (E minor) Dogs
G 
Em 
E 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) I mean  (E major) I  (E minor) liked it
but there was some
B 
Scenes in there that kind  (B major) of
E 
Em 
B 
skived me out  (E major)  (E minor)  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
Well I got two nickels and a paradigm
It ain't spelled right but it rhymes

Verse 7
Em 
I'm  (E minor) getting desperate
I'm about to derail
One more thing one last
confession
The mother asks some touch questions
B 
Like  (B major) when Jesus went to heaven
Em 
E 
did he leave a  (E minor) vapor trail?  (E major) 